5 March 2012, Kuala Lumpur – Here is the live round 4 game between GM Sebag Marie of France and GM Cmilyte Viktorija of Lithuania of the European Women’s Individual Chess Championship 2012 in Gaziantep, Turkey.
To see more live games, please visit http://www.chessdom.com/european-women-chess-championship-live/
APPEAL FROM SELANGOR CHESS ASSOCIATION
I have read with utter dismay to hear CHESS ASSOCIATION OF SELANGOR (CAS) appeal for sponsors to come forward. The long line of history of the Selangor Open is in dire straits and in need of help from fellow chess enthusiasts be it from Selangor or around the country.
I have for one been a part of this long history with my participation in the 36th Selangor Open 2009 and 38th Selangor Open 2011. It would be such a pity if Selangor Open disappears this year.
If you are a potential sponsor, please get in touch with En. Lim Tse Pin, Hon. Secretary of CAS @ 012-298 4922 or email to tsepin@gmail.com.
To read more of this appeal, please visit the links below:-
http://malaysianchess.blogspot.com/2012/02/39th-selangor-open-chess-tournament.html
http://gilocatur.blogspot.com/2012/03/will-selangor-open-stop-at-38th-edition.html
Pix 1. Pictures of the three leading women chess players: Sebag, Foisor and Cmilyte (l to r). (photos by Anastasiya Karlovich with kind permission of TCF. Photo from official tournament website)
5 March 2012, Kuala Lumpur – In Gaziantep, Turkey, three players are joint leaders comprising of GM Marie Sebag of France, GM Viktorija Cmilyte of Lithuania and IM Cristina-Adela Foisor of Romania with 3 points from three rounds of play of the European Women’s Individual Chess Championship 2012.
The official website reported that after the third round of the European Individual Women Championship, only three players from the whole tournament left with 100%. Defending European champion Viktorija Cmilyte won the game against Jovana Vojinovic, Cristina-Adela Foisor and Marie Sebag were stronger in the games against Tatjana Kosintseva and Natasa Bojkovic accordingly.
On the first board former world champion Antoaneta Stefanova made a draw with Salome Melia. Hilal Ozturk shows the best result among Turkish players. In the third round she defeated Anastasia Savina whose rating is 550 points above the Turkish youngster. Another Turkish player Kubra Ozturk starts to score and gained her first point by winning nice game against Roberta Messina. Muzychuk's sisters got quite dangerous positions today but both of them managed to secure half a point.
Here is the round 3 game between WGM Vojinovic Jovana and GM Cmilyte Viktorija of the European Womens Individual Chess Championship 2012, Gaziantep, Turkey.
Official website: http://eiwcc2012.tsf.org.tr
4 March 2012, Kuala Lumpur – In Kuantan, the SCC GP Serie A 2012 took place today with a six round rapid chess tournament organised by Khairun nissa ended with brother, NM Kamal Arifin Wahiduddin (pix above) winning with 5.5 points.
In second place is catur terengganu blogger, Muhammad Arshad, also with 5.5 points. Third, Mohd Khair Wahiduddin with 5 points and fourth, Syazrin Abdul Rahman, blogger Pengurusan Majalah Catur, also with 5 points.
Final Ranking (Top 25):-
Round 6 Results:
To see more results, please visit chess-results.com or click here.
Pix 1. GM Cmilyte Viktorija (right) vs WGM Zawadzka Jolanta, 2nd round, Euro Womens Individual 2012, Gaziantep, Turkey. (photos by Anastasiya Karlovich with kind permission of TCF. Photo from official tournament website)
4 March 2012, Kuala Lumpur – In Gaziantep, Turkey, the top seed, Anna Muzychuk, is currently in 31st position with 1.5 points but there are twelve players with 2 full points. Defending European Womens 2011 champion, GM Cmilyte Viktoria has 2 points from two rounds so far.
The official website reported that in the second round Nadezhda Kosintseva, who moved today to the first board, unexpectedly lost the game against Sopiko Guramishvili. She managed to get a position with clear advantage but few inaccurate moves tip the scales in favor of Georgian player. The rating favorite of another game Elisabeth Paehtz decided to sacrifice a piece in the equal position but her opponent Jovana Vojinovic found a defence and the position became winning for her. Azeri player Gulnar Mammadova, who defeated Nana Dzagnidze in the first round, continues her winning march – in the second round she won against Eva Repkova.
Here is the second round game between GM Viktorija Cmilyte, Lithuania against WGM Jolanta Zawadzka, Poland, of the European Womens Individual 2012, Gaziantep, Turkey. White won the game despite black having two queens on the board.
WGM GURAMISHVILI Sopiko - GM KOSINTSEVA Nadezhda
Black has clearly better endgame, and it's hard to imagine any trouble for them... 27...Bf528.Re3 Bg6 29.Rh2 c6? Not the right moment! After bishop's transfer to g6 a rook on g8 has got nothing to do, so that was a time to improve it! [29...Rgf8 followed with R8f6 and Kg8-f7, improving the position slowly, as White has got no counterplay.] 30.b4! White is using an opportunity to get counterchances! 30...axb3 31.Nxb3 Nxb3? [Black should keep the knight - 31...Nd7 32.dxc6 bxc6 preserving good chances for a win.] 32.Rxb3 cxd5 33.cxd5 Rc8
34.f3? This move should have lost the game, but instead has brought White a full point. [34.Rxb7! Rc1+ 35.Kd2 Rc2+ 36.Ke1=] 34...Rd4? Now advantage goes to White. [34...Rc1+! would win at least a pawn - 35.Kf2 Be4! 36.Be2 Bxd5 37.Rd3 Rc5 with clear advantage.]35.Rhb2 Rxd5?! [35...Bf7! 36.Rxb7 Bxd5 37.Rb8 Rg8 and Black should be able to survive.]36.Rxb7 Rdc5? Final mistake! [36...Kg8 ,trying to escape a deadly corner, would probably be the best try. Still, after 37.Bh3 Rc1+ 38.Kf2 Kf8 39.Ra7 Rc2+ 40.Rxc2 Bxc2 41.a4 white's advantage looks decisive.] 37.Bh3! Re8 38.Bd7! Ensuring bishop's position on e6 with the tempo. 38...Rg8 39.Be6 Re8 40.Rb8! Rc1+ 41.Kf2 Rc2+ 42.Rxc2 Rxb8 43.Rd2 Black is paralyzed, so white's passed pawn decides the game. 43...Rf8 44.Rxd6 e4 45.a4 Rxf3+46.Ke1 Rf8 47.a5 e3 48.a6
48...Bd3!? This little joke fails to work. [Other version of this idea is not saving either - 48...e2 49.a7 Bd3 50.Rxd3 Rf1+ 51.Kxe2 Rf2+ 52.Ke3 Rf3+ 53.Ke4 Re3+ 54.Kf5 Rf3+ 55.Ke5 Re3+ 56.Kf6 Rf3+ 57.Bf5+-] 49.Rxd3 Rf1+ 50.Kxf1 e2+ 51.Kg2! 1–0
To read more, please visit the official website: http://eiwcc2012.tsf.org.tr
3 March 2012, Kuala Lumpur – Another important chess tournament but this time down south in Johor Bahru organised by the University Technology Malaysia (UTM) and KECAS (Staff Chess Club of UTM) on 1 April 2012, Sunday. Looks like the 1st April 2012 is a favorite date for chess organisers amongst the universities. Two other tournaments are also scheduled for the 1st April 2012 – UIAM and UPM.
The UTM chess tournament is open to three categories, namely, Open, U-17 and U-12 age categories.
FEES and Prizes:
To get further details, please visit KECAS-UTM website :
http://www.utm.my/kecas or better, http://naserobbc.blogspot.com/
Please contact the following persons for more details :
En. Azri Hohad (Chairman of KECAS UTM - 012-7953806 azri @utm.my)
En. Mohd Haizal Jamaluddin (Secretary of KECAS UTM - 0137089036 haizal@fke.utm.my)
En. Nasrul Humaimi Mahmood (Committee Member of KECAS UTM - 019-7013268 nasrul @fke.utm.my)
(source: email from Dr Nasrul Humaimi and blog - http://naserobbc.blogspot.com/)
Pix 1. Anastasia Savina – Anna Muzychuk on board 1, Round 1, European Womens Individual Chess Championship 2012, Gaziantep, Turkey. (photos by Anastasiya Karlovich with kind permission of TCF. Photo from Tournament Website)
3 March 2012, Kuala Lumpur – In Turkey, the round 1 of the European Womens Individual Chess Championship 2012 took place and some surprises awaited for the early favourites.
Here the top seed, Anna Muzychuk had a tough time with her board one opponent, Anastasia Savina. Anna played black and ended in a nail-biting draw.
Pix 2. Tournament Playing Hall In Gaziantep, Turkey.
(All Photos From Official Tournament Website – http://eiwcc2012.tsf.org.tr)
Some round 1 results (top 25 boards):-
During Round 1, GM Nana Dzagnidze was given a surprise by WIM Mammadova Gulna who won her game against Dzagnidze causing a first round upset. Here is the game between Dzagnidze-Mammadova during round 1, European Womens Individual Chess Championship 2012, Gazientep, Turkey.
Official Tournament Website: - http://eiwcc2012.tsf.org.tr/
2 March 2012, Kuala Lumpur – SS Quah has finally called it quits after today’s last chess column article for the Star. It is called Checkmate!
He writes about the Johor Chess Association in his last hurrah!
To read more, please visit the Star Online or click here.
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